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SERS of Semiconducting Hybrid Nanoparticles

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of Semiconducting Hybrid Nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy has the potential to allow single-molecule detection sensitivity. This capability presents new approaches for studying the biophysical and biomedical properties ...





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Switchyard for single electrons

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

German scientists achieved to transfer very small charge "packets", comprising a well-defined number of few electrons, between metallic electrons precisely by using a single-electron pump. A single-electron transistor, being ...


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Researchers identify photosynthetic dimmer switch

Biology /

created May 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

In a study of the molecular mechanisms by which plants protect themselves from oxidation damage should they absorb too much sunlight during photosynthesis, a team of researchers has discovered a molecular ...


Scientists directly measure charge states of atoms using an atomic force microscope

Scientists directly measure charge states of atoms using an atomic force microscope

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM scientists in collaboration with the University of Regensburg, Germany, and Utrecht University, Netherlands, for the first time demonstrated the ability to measure the charge state of ...


Bright lights: Mystery of glowing antibody solved

Chemistry /

created Feb 28, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

A chance discovery of a uniquely luminescent monoclonal antibody nearly ten years ago has proven to be far more interesting -- and far more tenacious -- than anyone might have suspected.


Modeling How Electric Charges Move

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 13, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Learning how to control the movement of electrons on the molecular and nanometer scales could help scientists devise small-scale circuits for many applications, including more efficient ways of storing and using solar energy. ...


Biological electron transfer captured in real time

Biology /

created Mar 03, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Two research teams led by Dr. Michael Verkhovsky and Prof. Mårten Wikström of the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Helsinki have for the first time succeeded in monitoring electron transfer by Complex I in ...


Molecular anchor links the 2 inheritable diseases Fanconi anemia and Bloom's syndrome

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study establishes a molecular link that bridges two rare inherited disorders and explains why these diseases result in genetic instability. The research, published by Cell Press in the December 24th issue of the journal ...


Precise measurement of phenomenon advances solar cell understanding

Precise measurement of phenomenon advances solar cell understanding

Chemistry /

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- "One type of solar cell design starts with a chain of chromophores strung between two electrodes," explained Dewey Holten, Ph.D., professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences. "This chain absorbs ...


On the Energy Trail: Researchers Find New Details Following the Path of Solar Energy During Photosynthesis

On the Energy Trail: Researchers Find New Details Following the Path of Solar Energy During Photosynthesis

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 25, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (41) | comments 3

Imagine a technology that would not only provide a green and renewable source of electrical energy, but could also help scrub the atmosphere of excessive carbon dioxide resulting from the burning of fossil ...


Charge your cell phone using light, courtesy SunCore

Charge your cell phone using light, courtesy SunCore

Technology / Energy

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 2

SunCore is a little known Irvine, Calif.-based company that's on the cusp of shipping some potentially revolutionary technology.



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